Kind of leaves you speechless.

Witness the terrifying birth of a supercell thunderstorm It took photographer Mike Olbinski four years to capture the formation of a colossal, spiraling supercell on video – but good grief, was it worth the wait. This footage is the very definition of spellbinding.

Lichen Affection

I have an affection for lichens, what can I say? :) View this post on Google+

The Big Dipper Pouring Aurora

The Big Dipper pouring out some rare aurora loveliness for us here in upstate NY :) This post has been reshared 2 times on Google+ View this post on Google+

Rare Aurora

Usually it’s cloudy/raining, daytime, clear but clouds to the north. There were clouds here but I think it didn’t hurt it too much. At this latitude I was shocked and amazed that you could see it ( more faintly) with your naked eye. I didn’t ever think I’d SEE it, but I could. It was […]